The Healing Love of Jesus Scripture Reading: “And when he saw the crowds he felt sorry for them because they were harassed and dejected, like sheep without a shepherd. He went round the whole of Galilee teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the Good News of the kingdom and curing all kinds of diseases and sickness…”…
Personal Concern of the Heart of Jesus Scripture Reading: “And once again a great crowd had gathered, and they had nothing to eat. So he called his disciples to him and said to them, ‘I feel sorry for all these people; they have been with me for three days now and have nothing to eat….
Suffering Love of Jesus Scripture Reading: “Love is always ready… to endure whatever comes…” “He then left to make his way to the Mount of Olives… he withdrew from them… knelt down and prayed. ‘Father,’ he said, ‘if you are willing, take this cup away from me. Nevertheless, let your will be done’ … In…
The Forgiving and Compassionate Love of Jesus Scripture Reading: “Nothing, therefore, can come between us and the love of Christ, even if we are troubled or worried, or being persecuted, or lacking food or clothes, or being threatened or even attacked… These are the trials through which we triumph, by the power of him who…
Sin – the Obstacle to growth in Humanness Scripture Reading: “Both Jew and Greek have sinned and forfeited God’s glory… I cannot understand my own behavior. I fail to carry out the things I want to do, and I find myself doing the very things I hate… In fact this seems to be the rule,…
Our Call to Humanness Scripture Reading: “This was to create a single New Man in himself out of the two of them and by restoring peace through the cross… This then is what I pray, kneeling before the Father… Out of his infinite glory, may he give you the power through his Spirit for your…
The Humanness of Jesus Scripture Reading: “And I am going to show you a way that is better than any of them… Love is always patient and kind; it is never jealous; love is never boastful or conceited; it is never rude or selfish; it does not take offence, and is not resentful. Love takes…
The Sacred Heart and God Scripture Reading: “God’s love for us was revealed when God sent into the world his only Son so that we could have life through him; this is the love I mean: not our love for God, but God’s love for us when he sent his Son to be the sacrifice…
The Christmas plays we did each year in school / began without exception to the rule That we expose the Keeper of the Inn / as being heartless and beset by sin. But Scripture lends no credence to this view / and Christmas tells us judging is taboo. We also find the Bible did not…
The theme for the 4th Sunday of Advent is the love that God has for mankind to become man and to save us from death and sin. In the Catechism of the Catholic Church paragraph #1766 it says “Love is to will the good of the other”. Love is the most important value of the…